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529 Ming Shang

Caesar did not touch the idea of ​​the Grand Duke of Moscow, but he had thought about passing the good places around him.

Bai Minghe was not in a hurry to convince Caesar, that such things should be done slowly.

Go on vacation.

In my previous life, the white-famous crane always wanted to come to the Mediterranean. I read a few thick books just with the travel manual. Unfortunately, I don’t have money when I have time, and I don’t have time when I have money.

The Aegean Sea is a beautiful and romantic place, and the legendary place is the most suitable place to date a little lover.

Five big ships sailed towards the most beautiful island on the Aegean Sea. Of course, there may be something more beautiful than this island. The islands on the Aegean Sea are not the most beautiful, but only more beautiful. Thinking about the rich people in Dubai who later generations drove yachts and took dozens of beauties to the sea, I wonder how many ordinary people I envy.

The white-famous crane..., don’t compare it anymore. This is no longer comparable and is no longer on the same level.

Of course the difference is that there are no bikini here!

The white-known crane went out to play, but the Ming officials could not be idle. Yue Zheng took the white-known crane's close businessman Su Muyun, the one who helped train the Japanese on the island of Japan. This man began to learn the language of the Byzantines when the Byzantines arrived in the Ming Dynasty.

Greek is not a common European language, but it can be used as the main language for communication here.

"Master Yue!" Su Muyun followed behind, his voice not loud.

Yue Zheng was still very fast, he had something to do, and he was very serious. On one hand, it was morality and on the other hand, it was his expectation, so he had been balancing the two. Even though he had already said harsh words from Bai Minghe, when he really wanted to start doing it, it was still difficult to make up his mind.

Du! A very interesting word, the most important thing in the Ming Dynasty officialdom is Du!

"Master Yue!" Su Muyun shouted again.

"Ah, Mr. Su!" Yue Zheng stopped and nodded slightly.

"The merchants hope to have a conversation with Lord Yue, of course they want to meet Lord Bai more." Su Muyun said softly.

Yue Zheng didn't understand very well. Is there a difference? Such a small thing is worthy of being alarmed again. Of course, Baiming He is still... Yue Zheng cursed in his heart, what's the matter? Long live, can't you promote Baiming He to a promotion? You are all a fourth-rank official, Baiming He is still a sixth-rank official.

After thinking about this, Yue Zheng also reacted: "They are afraid of my official position and are they afraid of it?"

"Sir, that's the truth, but the villain also understands that letting Lord Yue take charge of this matter, so I guess Mr. Bai's meaning is to restrain himself!"

"Okay, now. Let's talk to the merchants. Just send three or five representatives." Yue Zheng was also waiting for the opportunity for the merchants to have a detailed talk. After all, this was the first time that they had traded with Europe on behalf of the Ming Dynasty. These merchants had some experience in trade with Da Nang, Japan, and Goryeo.

Su Muyun made arrangements, and soon the merchants sent representatives.

In fact, there were no three or five people at all, only one person, Wang Fulin.

"Sir, Brother Su!" Wang Fulin came in and bowed his fists. After Yue Zheng and Su Muyun returned the gift, they sat down.

Three people sat in three tables, and two small clerks were sitting next to them to record. There was a small book in front of them. Each person also had two pens at his hand, and then only one tea cup.

"Let me talk about the first item first, the materials to be transported back, ivory, silver, and some spices obtained from Africa. Here is a list for the Qing emperor to read. Of course, the most important one is people!"

When it comes to people, Yue Zheng felt a little nervous. After all, this was the first time a human trafficker business.

But who would have thought that Wang Fulin had already said: "Master Yue, this person is not a cargo, but a passenger. Our Ming Dynasty is a country of etiquette. It is not allowed to traffickers as slaves. The Ottoman Empire fought everywhere, and they killed many people and looted many villages. Most of the ones left in their hands were young men and young women."

"Yeah!" Yue Zheng nodded. He had data on this point, and there were indeed many.

I heard that there are tens of thousands of young women in a nation called Ukraine. I don’t know how the Ottoman Empire handled it. This was rescued when attacking the port, of course, it was called rescue.

Their hometown is still under the occupation of the Ottoman Empire, so no one is willing to go back.

"Adults, they own private property, receive betrothal gifts, and their children have corresponding inheritance rights. They do not belong to slaves. This is the rule of our Ming Dynasty, so no matter whether they are willing to go to Ming Dynasty, they will take them there. The Ming Dynasty needs craftsmen, whose skills and the technology of the Ming Dynasty can bring the craftsmanship to a higher level. If a woman marrys me, whether for a wife or a concubine, as Mr. Bai said, mixed-race children are smarter and stronger, and will be born with the advantages of the two nations. Think about women who are over seven feet tall..."

Wang Fulin was a little excited because he also planned to take a concubine.

Many generals have already started. Learning Greek is a very popular activity for the generals of the Ming Dynasty. Teaching Chinese here is an exciting thing for civil servants and clerks, and it is also needed by both nobles and low-level people here.

Marry to the Ming Dynasty!

This is a slogan and an ideal, and it is a dream for homeless women.

"Okay, you're really thinking about making human trafficking so high-end." Yue Zheng could say something else, even thinking about the reasons and excuses.

"Sir, this is not called human trafficking."

"Is it a cashier?" Yue Zheng asked back.

There is no way to answer. Who can do so much effort to get back without checking cash? And also put in great effort to teach these women the language, etiquette, etc. of the Ming Dynasty.

"Sir, this is still called Ocean Media, so it is natural to receive some red envelopes and wedding money. For the long journey of 100,000 miles, the ship fee is also paid. In addition, some local daughter's furniture items are purchased, so there is naturally a gift. As for the bride price, if there are people in a woman's family, there are naturally some."

Su Muyun was stunned by the words of Yue Zheng, and this person raised his thoughts a little further.

"Okay, there is no need to discuss this matter anymore, but the first batch must have a standard. This time the ships returned will have a fixed number, and there are other goods to be brought, so the position is limited!" Yue Zheng put an end to the return transporter.

"Mr. Yue, there is another thing next." Su Muyun said: "Mr. Bai has two suggestions on trade. The first is to hope that gold from the Ottoman Empire can be exchanged for goods or silver. The reason is that the gold and silver here are 1 to 16, and when the gold is pulled back, we suffer a loss."

"Is this happening?" Yue Zheng didn't expect that the difference between gold and silver was so big.

In recent years, the Ming Dynasty has been desperately returning from the Wadao to 1-8 from the 1-5 gold and silver price ratio, but it still has not reached the Ming Dynasty’s standard ratio of 1-16. If such a large gold and silver price difference is really good, it would be a loss if the gold and silver price is really lucky.

"So, a large amount of silver will be shipped back. What will happen to our Ming Dynasty?" Yue Zheng asked again.

"There will not be any impact. Apart from the merchants and bank accounts, ordinary people do not know about it. Moreover, most of the silver bills circulating in Daming are Lord Bai's, not cash silver." Su Muyun explained.

"Okay, you can handle this matter immediately. Use this official's warrant to transfer the position immediately!" Yue Zhengxin said that just by pouring gold and silver, a 50% difference appeared, so of course we had to do it immediately.

Yue Zheng immediately wrote a handwritten warrant and used a seal. Naturally, these things were left to the merchants to do.

"Mr. Bai's second suggestion is to do arms business with Portugal!" Su Muyun stopped here. The arms business is not something that merchants dare to stick to. Yue Zheng must have gone there personally, and then the specific details are asked to be done by the merchants. There is no official arms business in Portugal, which is a private business.

"I know what I know." Yue Zheng also considered this matter, and he also understood what kind of bird Alfonso V was.

"So, what do you think about goods?" Yue Zheng brought back the topic.

Wang Fulin replied: "Sir, the merchant gang has studied the transaction. Although it is very poor here, there are still some specialties worth pulling back, but the quantity is also limited. The little people wrote a formal document on this point. Unless there is a new trading point, there will be no goods worth trading here soon, except for gold and silver!"

Yue Zheng opened the document.

The population density in Europe is not low. In terms of resources, the Ming Dynasty had the Nanyang as a resource point, and the conquest of India was on the agenda, and the entire Africa was in hand. Who cares about the size of a toothpick resource in Europe?

With a long distance and a different resource level, there is not much here worth trading. The Ming Dynasty's clothing, food, housing, transportation and other materials were stimulated by the white crane. On the basis of being ahead of Europe for hundreds of years, it was at least one hundred years ahead. The cloth in Europe is still coarse cloth. The Ming Dynasty has already become fine linen, and the cotton cloth is also increasing in large quantities.

There are some things here in Europe, artillery, swords, clocks, glass...

If there were no white-known cranes, these things were definitely worth trading, but in fact! The white-known crane made the Ming Dynasty's artillery a hundred years ahead of Europe, and the steel quality of swords was two hundred years ahead of Europe. With the efforts of Byzantine craftsmen and Daming craftsmen, the clocks could completely ignore European clocks.

As for glass, pure transparent large flat glass, have Europeans seen it?

Wine! Is this thing worth transporting from the ocean? You have a French manor, I have a Tulupan grape ditch, the wine's craftsmanship and sugar removal technology are exchanged for a few pieces of silk, who can use it to pull it back from here?

It can be said that what Europeans do not have, the Ming Dynasty has, and what Europeans have, the Ming Dynasty is better.

However, merchants believe that the white-famous cranes bypassed half of the earth to bring them here, not to travel here. They can't squeeze out gold and silver from Europe for at least ten years, but the long-term plan is not wrong. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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